Information About

Village Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Village Island on The Map

Location

55 ° 0' 41" N,
131 ° 16' 58.001" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Village Island in Detail.

About

in Cat Passage, 0.4 mi. SW of Cat I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1883 by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); so called because he "found an Indian village here containing 15 houses."

Places Near Village Island
Areas:

Club Rocks,

Bars:

Ajax Reef, Bostwick Reef, Hog Rocks, Julius Reef, Tamgas Reef, Wallace Reef,

Bays:

Alava Bay, Camp Cove, Cascade Inlet, Coho Cove, Crab Bay, Customhouse Cove, Dog Bay, Hall Cove, Hassler Harbor, Judd Harbor, Kelp Island Anchorage, Kwain Bay, Lucky Cove, Mary I Anchorage, Morse Cove, Niquette Harbor, Pond Bay, Ray Anchorage, Reef Harbor, Ryus Bay, Sykes Cove,

Capes:

Point White, Point Arucenas, Point Alava, Annette Point, Cape Northumberland, Cape Northumberland, Duke Point, Edge Point, Flag Point, Form Point, Giant Point, Grave Point, Harbor Point, Middy Point, Survey Point, Point Sykes, Point Winslow,

Channels:

Cat Passage, Danger Passage, Felice Strait, Revillagigedo Channel,

Dams:

Purple Lake Dam,

Hills:

Duke Hill,

Islands:

Annette Island, Bird Island, Black Island, Cat Island, Danger Island, Dog Island, Double Islands, Drug Island, Duck Islands, Duke Island, East Island, Emmet Island, Fish Islands, Fripo Island, Goose Tongue Island, Ham Island, Helen Island, Indian Rock, Kelp Island, Lane Island, Lewis Island, Little Rock, Mary Island, Pow Island, Roy Island, Ruth Island, Sister Islands, Snipe Island, Twin Islands, Vancouver Island, Vegas Island, Vegas Islands, Village Island, Walker Island, West Rock, Whale Rock, White Rock,

Lakes:

Cascade Lakes, Crater Lake, Edgecombe Lake, Hassler Lake, Hussler Lake, Kwain Lake, Orchard Lake, Purple Lake, Purple Lake, Tamgas Lake, Trout Lake,

Mountains:

Agassiz Mountain, Between Mountain, Blunt Mountain, Chapeau Mountain, Cone Mountain, Davison Mountain, Dubuque Mountain, Mount Lazaro, Middle Mountain, Narrows Mountain, Pop Mountain, Spine Mountain, Tamgas Mountain, Tired Mountain,

Ridges:

Bald Ridge, Saw Ridge,

Streams:

Beaver Creek,